Winning Entries

Poetry

Grades 3-4: The Smoke by Jiesen Zhang
Grades 5-6: The Color Orange by Mijo Chang
Grades 7-8: America, A House Divided by Kai Winbush
Grades 9-12: Someday I'll Love Summer Again by Adelaide Sendlenski
 

Prose

Grades 3-4: Through the Lens by JeanAnn Zhang
Grades 5-6: Hidden by Aileen Lou
Grades 7-8: Ashes by Liam Kojuharov
Grades 9-12: Choices by Alexa Gelb
 

Honorable Mentions

Poetry

Grades 3-4: I Am From by Phoebe Morse
Grades 3-4: The roaring apocalypse dream eater by Juniper Nafziger
Grades 5-6: A human potato by Alice Pang
Grades 5-6: A "perfect" poem by Olivia Furrow
Grades 9-12: Every Day Counts by Theodore Bernstein
 

Prose

Grades 3-4: Gui Gui's Musical Adventure by Landon Chen
Grades 5-6: A Robotical Revolution by Shuheng Zhang
Grades 7-8: A Change in the Elements by Sophie Matte
Grades 9-12: Daughter by Lara Valero DeVera